The following is the readouts of Xi Jinping’s phone call with Vladimir Putin in the afternoon and with Donald J. Trump in the evening, respectively.

via China’s Xinhua News Agency

习近平同美国总统特朗普通电话

On the evening of February 4, President Xi Jinping spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Xi noted that over the past year, the two sides have maintained good communication and met successfully in Busan, providing strategic guidance for China–U.S. relations—an outcome welcomed by the peoples of both countries and by the international community. I attach great importance to China–U.S. relations. In the new year, I am willing to continue working with you to steer this great ship of China–U.S. relations through winds and waves and keep it moving steadily forward, and to accomplish more major and beneficial things. The U.S. has its concerns, and China has its concerns. China means what it says and delivers on its commitments. As long as both sides move forward in the same direction with an attitude of equality, respect, and mutual benefit, we can find ways to address each other’s concerns. This year both countries have many important agendas: China will get the 15th Five-Year Plan off to a good start, and the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding. The two countries will respectively host the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The two sides should, in accordance with the consensus already reached, strengthen dialogue and communication, properly manage differences, and expand practical cooperation—“do not fail to do good because it is small; do not do evil because it is small.” By tackling matters one by one, continuously building up mutual trust, and finding the right way for two major countries to get along, the two sides can make 2026 a year in which China and the United States move toward mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation.

Xi stressed that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China–U.S. relations. Taiwan is China’s territory. China must safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and it will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China. The U.S. side must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with great prudence.

Trump said that both the United States and China are great countries, and that U.S.–China relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world. I have a great relationship with President Xi, and ...